Oncopera brachyphylla

Oncopera brachyphylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species:
O. brachyphylla
Binomial name
Oncopera brachyphylla
Turner, 1925

Oncopera brachyphylla is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.[1]

The larvae are subterranean and feed on the roots and bases of grasses and leaves in sown pastures.[2]

References

  1. ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
  2. ^ Australian Faunal Directory


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